GAMEDAY Mens Basketball
Kansas State 73, Oklahoma State 68
(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
By CLIFF BRUNT
AP Sports Writer
STILLWATER, Okla. - Markquis Nowell had 22 points, eight assists and four steals and No. 14 Kansas State defeated Oklahoma State 73-68 for its third straight win.
Keyontae Johnson added 17 points for the Wildcats (22-7, 10-6 Big 12), who swept the regular-season series.
Kalib Boone scored 14 of his 18 points in the second half on Senior Day for Oklahoma State. Caleb Asberry scored 13 points and John-Michael Wright added 12 for the Cowboys (16-13, 7-9), who have lost four straight.
Oklahoma State led 35-31 late in the first half, but Kansas State's Desi Stills got a steal and layup as time expired to cut the Cowboys' lead to two.
Boone went to work early in the second half. He scored a dunk and a layup in the first 63 seconds of the second half to extend Oklahoma State's lead to six.
Kansas State rallied, and Nowell's deep 3 after a scramble put the Wildcats ahead 40-39.
The game remained tight throughout the second half until Kansas State went on a run. Back-to-back 3-pointers by Johnson and Ismael Massoud put Kansas State ahead 65-60 with just over five minutes remaining, and the Wildcats hung on.
BIG PICTURE
Kansas State: The Wildcats appear to be back on track, winning three straight after having lost four of five.
Oklahoma State: The Cowboys had allowed at least 85 points in its previous three games and allowed 49% shooting in this one.
February 25, 2023
| Kansas State | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| K. Johnson | F | 39 | 7-13 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 1-5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| N. Tomlin | F | 17 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| M. Nowell | G | 38 | 5-12 | 9-10 | 3-8 | 0-5 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
| D. Sills | G | 31 | 3-7 | 4-4 | 0-1 | 0-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| C. Carter | G | 20 | 1-2 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| D. N'Guessan | 20 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| T. Greene | 14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| I. Massoud | 14 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| A. Iyiola | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 24-49 (.490) |
17-20 (.850) |
8-21 (.381) |
4-33 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 73 | |
| Oklahoma State | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| K. Boone | F | 27 | 7-11 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| W. Newton | F | 22 | 2-9 | 1-2 | 1-4 | 2-7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| B. Thompson | G | 39 | 5-10 | 0-2 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| J. Wright | G | 38 | 4-11 | 2-2 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| C. Asberry | G | 35 | 3-9 | 6-6 | 1-6 | 0-5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| M. Cisse | 15 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| C. Harris Jr. | 12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Q. Williams | 8 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| T. Smith | 4 | 1-1 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Totals | 200 | 23-56 (.411) |
17-23 (.739) |
5-23 (.217) |
7-30 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 68 | |
